MONTGOMERIE, John II (1680-1731), of Giffen, Ayr.

Family and Education

bap. 11 Sept. 1680, 1st s. of Hon. Francis Montgomerie* by his 2nd w. educ. Glasgow 1694. m. contract 28 Sept. 1704, Lady Mary, da. of John Carmichael, 1st Earl of Hyndford [S], 1da. suc. fa. by 1729.

Offices Held

Burgess, Ayr 1701, Edinburgh 1713; freeman, New York 1728. Carnegie Lib. Ayr, Ayr burgh recs. B6/18/8, council mins. 19 June 1701; Scot. Rec. Soc. lxii. 145; New York Hist. Soc. 1885, p. 110.

Master of mint [S] June 1710–d.; groom of bedchamber to Prince of Wales 1714–27; capt.-lt. 3 Ft. Gds. 1715–17, capt. and lt.-col. 1723, left army by 1727; gov. New York and New Jersey 1727–d. Cal. Treas. Bks. xxiv. 343.

Parlimentarian

MONTGOMERIE, John (1680-1731), of Giffen, Ayr.

Main residence: Giffen, Ayr.

Author

D.W.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

MONTGOMERIE, John II (1680-1731)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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